eli5 After a major earthquake, is it common for as powerful earthquakes to occur in the same region ?

Question

I am Syrian and we are still feeling earth shakes since the big earthquake.

The building we are in is fine since we were not close to the earthquake but glass was broken and it was very intense.

My question is, scientifically how bad it could get ? Could there be a more server one ?

Thanks in advance.

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Answer 1

Normally the tremors after the initial quake are why are called aftershocks. Typically they aren’t as bad as the initial quake but I’m also not a geologist or seismologist.